Free agents have been free to sign with their respective teams since 12:00 am this morning, and a few notable players have reached agreements while the United States slept.
The top free agent, Deron Williams, tweeted a picture which showed him signing his contract on an iPad.
Blake Griffin signed a 5-year extension that could be worth up to $95 million.
The Los Angeles Lakers officially announc...

JaVale McGee, Rudy Fernandez and Andre Miller will all wake up with one thing in common July 1: An uncertain future with the Denver Nuggets.
Fernandez and Miller have reached the end of their contracts with Denver, and when free agency begins will they will be able to sign with whomever offers them a contract. McGee, obtained midseason from Washington via trade, will be a restricted free agent,...

The 2011-2012 NBA “free agent frenzy” is days away from advancing past Twitter rumors and Facebook updates. While we await the potential bombshell trades of Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, players that are actually free agents will soon be signing with new teams and reporting for training camp.
Nevertheless, there are plenty of moves that were made pre-lockout that fans might have forgotten....

Now that we've made it through the plod that is the regular season's final month, alas we can be rebooted by the commencing of a potentially fabulous playoff run. Amongst one of several intriguing match-ups is the Trail Blazers drawing the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.
Portland is a trendy choice to engineer the first round upset, which in truth, is only an upset in terms of seeding. The...

The steam is flooding out of American Airlines Arena these days, and the Blazers weren't ready to refuel the fire. They kept the Heat on ice Tuesday night with a 105-96 victory, winning their fourth straight in Miami, and their fourth straight overall. Portland leaves Florida with two strong wins and looked like the better team on the court tuesday night. The eyes remain on the Heat's slide, bu...

After winning their 16th straight against Minnesota on Monday, the Blazers probably wish they could play them every night. Unlike their recent stretch of games dominated by LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland came out of the gate fast, trampling the Wolves to complete a three game sweep of their road trip, extending their overall streak to five.
The Blazers opened the game sprinting to an 18-2 lead, sc...

LaMarcus Aldridge may have been left off the Western Conference all star team, but he declared emphatically Monday night that he is most certainly an All Star. Aldridge dominated the Bulls for a career high 42 points, out-dueling dynamo Derrick Rose to lead the Blazers to a109-103 victory over Chicago.
In what has become a recurring story this season for Portland, Aldridge turned in another bri...

The Blazers rallied from thirteen points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Rockets in Houston on Wednesday night. With Brandon Roy not expected back any time soon, Portland has started to climb on the back of LaMarcus Aldridge, and he carried them home in this one.
Aldridge had 27 points and 13 rebounds, including 10 points in the fourth quarter, as the Blazers finished the game on a 27-11...

I hope the Christmas weekend was kind to you all. It was an abbreviated week in the league as the NBA tried to gear all focus towards their Christmas day match ups. Teams got some rest and players and should be rejuvenated for week 10 of the fantasy season.
Gilbert Arenas: The situation here is too dicey and if you own him you almost feel obligated to play him. He and Jameer Nelson have not fig...

From the Eddy Curry Needs Help file:
A warrant has been issued again for the arrest of Eddy Curry, this time for failure to pay in a civil case involving him having sex with a minor in 2001.
Can this guy do anything right? Curry is lucky he still has a job anywhere, why wouldn’t he be doing everything he can to turn his career around. But that is precisely why Eddy Curry is Eddy Curry. He’s...

From Realgm.com:
The Bulls, Celtics and Knicks have engaged in trade talks with the Blazers regarding swingman Rudy Fernandez, according to a report.
The Knicks have coveted Fernandez for a long time. The shooting guard played in only 62 games last season, averaging a little over 8 points and 2 assists per game. One would think Wilson Chandler would have to be in that deal.
The same issues ...